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Looking for contractors to join a new communitty

Hi Interested Contractors, and even some DIY People, I want to extend a personal invitation to you to join Propertyqube...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by david.mcgraw
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by david.mcgraw

OT- Pickup Truck Drawer System

I don't own a pickup truck so I'm curious about what truck owners think of the drawer system built on this epis...
32 comments posted 19yrs
posted by teamarrows
32 comments posted 19yrs posted by teamarrows

Septic tank question

A friend of mine wants to know which is a better septic tank drainfield...an infiltrator or PTI system? Never having ha...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by pdk30
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by pdk30

Using Carbide Concrete Drill Bit on Metal

Last evening I dug out an old gate that came with my rural property from my scrap pile. I planned to take this thing to...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by alvinamorey
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by alvinamorey

Need a Water Bed Cooler

OK, most people put a heater on their water beds. But I want a cooler on mine. That's because I plan to fill the be...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by alka-hall-ick
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by alka-hall-ick

Saving My Fireplace

My wife and I just bought an older farm house (circa 1901) and we've been enjoying nightly fires. About a week ago...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gsmorol
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by gsmorol

STEPS TO CELLAR

thie is an OLD house, the cellar has an ODD way of getting down into it by way of a bad set of steps. Three steps down...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by lance3951a
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by lance3951a

SKUNKS !!!

I got three skunks under the house which sits on no foundation. I am trying to trap them and got one yesterday. When I g...
28 comments posted 19yrs
posted by lance3951a
28 comments posted 19yrs posted by lance3951a

cleaning varnished wood floor

We have an old varnished/waxed oak floor. We want to wipe it clean and apply some new wax. The floor is getting to be a...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by mugrean
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by mugrean

kerosene heaters

Hello all, Does anyone have any experience with the radiant kerosene heaters available at Loews? I have had the larger...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by vze2zg25
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by vze2zg25

ATTN: Rimshot Inc

Robert, What's the TTC going to do to you up there? We're fighting a branch of it (IH69) down here in Wharton Co...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dontbother
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by dontbother

Grinding down ceramic tile

Hi, A contractor built these very unattractive cubby holes in our bathroom wall so we came with this brilliant idea to...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by aaronfude
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by aaronfude

water in the basement

I found that my AC pipes coming into the house uder ground and I didn't care about it until last huge storm water g...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ypylaw1
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by ypylaw1

3.5" sewer (DWV) cleanout caps???

So we have the standard DWV pipes outside of our house, two of them, one goes towards the street and the other towards...
17 comments posted 19yrs
posted by HighOnTCP
17 comments posted 19yrs posted by HighOnTCP